Tag: Antarctica

Remains from the Norwegian Whaling Station on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, AntarcticaAntarctic whaling began on a large scale in 1904 with the building of a whale processing station at Grytviken, South Georgia. A number of shore-based stations were in operation under some kind of regulation on the catche...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Adelie PenguinsAntarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourism in AntarcticaThe most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Adelie PenguinsAntarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) with tourists in background, Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Tourism in AntarcticaThe most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...

By Peter Prokosch

adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) with tourists in background, Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonie, Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic PeninsulaAdélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)The Antarctic tern is the most common tern species in Antarctica, nesting on most of the sub-Antarctic islands. They breed in November-December and are like the specimen on the picture in breeding plumage and that way ca...

By Peter Prokosch

Shelf iceberg, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and contains the major fresh...

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic icebergs; Antarctic peninsularUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and contains the major fresh...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and contains the major fresh...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and contains the major fresh...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and contains the major fresh...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Antarctic PeninsulaUnlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...